Pencil holder



C. E. ERICKSON.

PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1919.

1,407,738. Patented Feb. 28, 1922. jgl.

, Worm/"ego UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. ERICKSON, or Limnno, TEXAS.

PENCIL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 28 i Application filed May 26, 1919. Serial No. 299,868.

T 0 all 20/10 722 it may concern:

Be it known that I, Crmnnns ERLQK- son, a citizen of the United States, residing at Laredo, in the county of'lvebb and State of Texas, have invented certain new and In engraving on precious metals, the. de-

sign to be engraved or cut'upon the metal is first laid out thereon, preferably by lead pencil and it is a comparatively tedious and expensive, time absorbing operation to lay out monograms or designs with a single pencil, difficulty being experienced in properly spacing lines of the letter, particularly when letters of the old English type are used; and it is an object of this invention to provide a holder for containing or carrying a pair of pencils or other scribers in such manner that the distances between the points of the pencils or scribers may be varied to regulate the distance between the lines in the design and which will materially facilitate the making of designs, in that two lines may be marked at the same time and properly spaced.

More specifically an object of the invention is to provide a holder as specified which comprises a pair of scriber carrying tubes disposed in angular relation to each other and connected by a rigid saddle or bracing member which has substantially cylindrical saddles upon its ends for firm connection with the scriber carrying tubes to form a. rigid and secure holder for the scribers, and further to split the said tubes at their outermost portions to adapt them for fitting scribers of varying diameters.

Other objects of the invention will appear. from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification and in which drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the tube of the scriber holder.

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the holder and through a pair of pencils carried thereby, and

Figure 3 1s aside elevation of the holder showing pens therein.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the holder, for the pencils or analogous scribers comprises a pair" of cylindrical tubes and 6 formed of sheet metal of suiticient resiliency to permit them to maintain the frictional grip upon the pencils or other scribes to prevent longitudinal movement of the pencils during the operation thereof. These tubes and 6 are split longitudinally at their outermost portions as shown at 7 to permit yieldable frictional engagement thereof with the pencils and also to permit the adjustment of the diameter of the tube by either squeezing the edges along the slotstogether to grip smaller pencilsor spreading them farther apart to permit the insertion of larger pencils or scribers. The ends of the tubes 5 and 6 are preferably rolled as shown at 8, to prevent the formation of sharp edges at their ends which would have a tendency to cut or gouge into the pencil during the mounting thereofin the tube, as well as preventing the formation of sharp edges or corners which might injure the fingers of the user and alsoto serve as a reinforcement for and to prevent the deformation of the said tubes.

The tubes 5 and 6 are connected by a brace structure 9 which comprises a fiat intermediate portion 10 having substantially semicylindrical saddles 11' and 12 upon its opposite ends which engage the outer surfaces of the tubes 5 and 6 respectively at their innermost portions and are attached thereto'in any suitable manner such as by solder. If it is so desired the bracing structure 9 may be formed of two plates 13 and 14, as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings, these plates having their flat intermediate portions sol dered one to the other, to form the connecting bracing structure 10, each of which plates has one half of the saddle structures 11 and 12 formed upon its opposite ends.

-The tubes 5 and 6 are both disposed at the same angle radiating from the common center of their axis and bisecting the connecting bracing structure 10 so that the long pencil or seriber A may be inserted through either of the tubes While the short pencil or seriber B 18 carried by the other tube. In Figure 3 of the drawings, pen hol-ders (l and I) areshown carried by the holder, and it is to be understood that pencils, pens orany other desired type of seriber may be used incon-' neetion with the holder without departing from the spirit of this lnvcntion. 77 From the foregoing description taken 1n connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it Wlll be apparent that a holder has been provided which Will rigidly and securely hold a pair of scribers in angular adjusted relation with respect to each other, one which Will not give or spring, consequently impairing the positioning, during use, and it is to be understood that changes in details may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention, but;

I claim:

1. A seriber holder comprising a pair of sleeves disposed in angular relation and split at their relative outermost portions, each of said sleeves being provided with a reinforcing, protecting head, a braeing member atsleeX- essaid bracing member comprising a pair of plates having their intermediate portions rigidly connecte'dan-d their end portions shaped for co-aetion to form substantially semi-cylindrical saddles, said saddles being rigidly attached to said sleeves.

3. A seriber holder comprising a pair of longitudinally split sleeves, and a bracing 4 member including an intermediate portion having substantially semi-cylindrical saddles formed upon its lateral edges and conyerging toward each other, said saddles adapted for rigidly receiving said sleeves intermediate the split portions thereof.

' CHARLES E. ERICKSON. 

